Ephesians 2:3

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Ephesians 2:3

We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.

Galatians 2:15-16

We who are Jews by birth and not “Gentile sinners”

Psalm 51:5

Indeed, I was guilty when I was born;
I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

Ephesians 2:2

in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient.

Genesis 5:3

Adam was 130 years old when he fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.

Genesis 6:5

When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,

When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, He said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, even though man’s inclination is evil from his youth. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.

Job 14:4

Who can produce something pure from what is impure?
No one!

Job 15:14-16

What is man, that he should be pure,
or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 25:4

How can a person be justified before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?

Isaiah 53:6

We all went astray like sheep;
we all have turned to our own way;
and the Lord has punished Him
for the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 64:6-7

All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment;
all of us wither like a leaf,
and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

Daniel 9:5-9

we have sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from Your commands and ordinances.

Mark 4:19

but the worries of this age, the seduction of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Mark 7:21-22

For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

John 1:13

who were born,
not of blood,
or of the will of the flesh,
or of the will of man,
but of God.

John 3:1-6

There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

John 8:44

You are of your father the Devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of liars.

Acts 14:16

In past generations He allowed all the nations to go their own way,

Acts 17:30-31

“Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,

Romans 1:24

Therefore God delivered them over in the cravings of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves.

Romans 3:9-19

What then? Are we any better? Not at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin,

Romans 3:22-23

—that is, God’s righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ, to all who believe, since there is no distinction.

Romans 5:12-19

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all men, because all sinned.

Romans 6:12

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires.

Romans 7:18

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do what is good is with me, but there is no ability to do it.

Romans 8:7-8

For the mind-set of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit itself to God’s law, for it is unable to do so.

Romans 9:22

And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath ready for destruction?

Romans 11:30

As you once disobeyed God, but now have received mercy through their disobedience,

Romans 13:14

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no plans to satisfy the fleshly desires.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive? If, in fact, you did receive it, why do you boast as if you hadn’t received it?

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, or anyone practicing homosexuality,

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore, dear friends, since we have such promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, completing our sanctification in the fear of God.

Galatians 3:22

But the Scripture has imprisoned everything under sin’s power, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

Galatians 5:16-24

I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

Ephesians 4:17-19

Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts.

Ephesians 4:22

You took off your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires;

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.

Titus 3:3

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

James 4:1-3

What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings that are at war within you?

1 Peter 1:14

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance.

1 Peter 2:10-11

Once you were not a people,
but now you are God’s people;
you had not received mercy,
but now you have received mercy.

1 Peter 4:2-3

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.

2 Peter 2:14

They have eyes full of adultery and are always looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!

2 Peter 2:18

For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

1 John 1:8-10

If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 John 2:8

Yet I am writing you a new command, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

1 John 2:16

For everything that belongs to the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

Jude 1:16-18

These people are discontented grumblers, walking according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ephesians 2:3

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

We

In times

In the

Fulfilling

Romans 8:7

2 Corinthians 7:1

Galatians 5:19

Desires

John 1:13

By

Even

Romans 3:9

1 Corinthians 4:7

General references

Leviticus 11:16

Deuteronomy 16:12

1 John 4:19

Bible References

We

We all went astray like sheep;
we all have turned to our own way;
and the Lord has punished Him
for the iniquity of us all.

All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment;
all of us wither like a leaf,
and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

we have sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from Your commands and ordinances.

What then? Are we any better? Not at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews and Gentiles

are all under sin,

Don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, or anyone practicing homosexuality,

We who are Jews by birth and not “Gentile sinners”

But the Scripture has imprisoned everything under sin’s power,

so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.

If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

In times

Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts.

In past generations He allowed all the nations to go their own way,

“Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,

As you once disobeyed God, but now have received mercy through their disobedience,

Once you were not a people,
but now you are God’s people;
you had not received mercy,
but now you have received mercy.

Yet I am writing you a new command, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

In the

You took off

your former way of life, the old self

that is corrupted by deceitful desires;

but the worries of this age, the seduction

of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Therefore God delivered them over in the cravings of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves.

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no plans to satisfy the fleshly desires.

I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.

What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings that are at war within you?

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance.

Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires that war against you.

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.

For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

For everything that belongs to the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

These people are discontented grumblers, walking according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.

Fulfilling

For the mind-set of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit itself to God’s law, for it is unable to do so.

Therefore, dear friends, since we have such promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, completing our sanctification in the fear of God.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious:

sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity,

Desires

who were born,
not of blood,
or of the will of the flesh,
or of the will of man,
but of God.

By

Adam was 130 years old when he fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.

When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,

Who can produce something pure from what is impure?
No one!

What is man, that he should be pure,
or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

How can a person be justified before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?

Indeed, I was guilty when I was born;
I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all men, because all sinned.

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do what is good is with me, but there is no ability to do it.

We who are Jews by birth and not “Gentile sinners”

Even

What then? Are we any better? Not at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews and Gentiles

are all under sin,

For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive? If, in fact, you did receive it, why do you boast as if you hadn’t received it?

General references

the ostrich,
the short-eared owl, the gull,
any kind of hawk,

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt; carefully follow these statutes.

We love because He first loved us.